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NACTT Annual Seminar This Weekend

08/04/11

NACTT 46th Annual NACTT Seminar August 3-6, 2011 Anaheim Marriott Anaheim, CA For information contact: NACTT at (800) 445-8629, or visit NACTT at www.nactt.com One Windsor Cove, Suite 305 Columbia, SC 29223

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Info from Chapter 13 Trustee

08/02/11

Recent postings by Aki Koyama, staff attorney for Kathy Dockery, on Facebook: 1. As you are aware, Judge Donovan has consolidated his two August Chapter 13 Calendars and will have only one Confirmation Hearing and Trustee Motion Calendar on August...

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ABI Ethics Task Force / Project

08/01/11

Posted by Jim Cossitt: I am a member of a recently formed ABI Ethics Task Force / Project that is going to be making proposals for uniform national standards. We are just getting started and I will put this on...

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Small Rhode Island Town Goes Bankrupt

08/01/11

"Central Falls, Rhode Island, a little town in the northeast part of the state, with a population of only has 19,376, has gone into Chapter 9 bankruptcy." Read more here.

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Crystal Cathedral gives founder board vote again

07/29/11

"The Crystal Cathedral megachurch has restored the voting rights of its founder, the Rev. Robert H. Schuller, on the church's governing board." Read more here.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Vegas Edition

07/29/11

"This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Beso’s back in the news and football players are fumbling. Also, actor Tobey Maguire may need to ramp up his Spidey senses for next year’s poker-lawsuit trial." Read more here.

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Madoff, Borders, Lehman, Giordano’s, Spansion: Bankruptcy

07/29/11

Nice summary of bankruptcy current events: read it here.

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Maguire's poker lawsuit heading to trial

07/27/11

"Tobey Maguire's legal battle against the bankrupt trustees of convicted conman Bradley Ruderman is heading to trial in January, 2012. The Spider-Man star is accused of beating Ruderman in a series of unlicensed poker games in California, taking more than...

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Former USC, NFL football player sentenced for bankruptcy fraud

07/26/11

"Richard Francis Sanford, 54, of Lexington, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Columbia to bankruptcy fraud and was sentenced to two years’ probation, 30 days’ home confinement and 100 hours of community service, U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles said Friday."...

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Alabama's Jefferson County hires bankruptcy lawyers

07/26/11

"Alabama's Jefferson County on Tuesday hired outside bankruptcy lawyers ahead of a critical decision on its debt that could result in what would be the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. The hiring of Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern, LLP,...

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